The Government of Ontario will never permit the construction of a hospital on the Farm.

The Civic will have to file a "Cultural Heritage Impact Statement" before the development can proceed. The proposed development contravenes:

• The Ontario Heritage Act.
•  The Planning Act.
• The Provincial Policy Statement. (2014).

The 2014 "Provincial Policy Statement" specifies that "significant built heritage resources and significant heritage landscapes shall be conserved".

 The Experimental Farm is a National Historic Site of Canada and a National Interest Land Mass. Councillor Riley Brockington is hoping that the hospital will save the Dominion Observatory campus. "Counc. Riley Brockington...has been trying to lock in lease conditions that would preserve as many buildings on the property as possible, such as the Dominion Observatory."From an Ottawa Citizen article by Dave Reevely "Feds say they'll pay $11.8 million to clean up new Civic site."-February 23, 2018.
Three Classified Federal Heritage Buildings are located on the Observatory Campus:
Dominion Observatory
Photo Equatorial Building
South Azimuth Building.

The 2014 Provincial Policy Statement

Purpose

"Heritage conservation involves identifying, protecting and promoting the elements that our community values. A Cultural Heritage Impact Statement(CHIA) is the main heritage planning mechanism to assess and review the potential cultural heritage significance of a particular resource, consider the impact of any proposed site development or alteration and recommend a general approach that best protects/conserves identified cultural heritage resources."

The health care facility will have a negative impact on:
1.) The Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada and UNESCO World Heritage Site;
2.) The 33.5 acre Queen Juliana Park, which was transferred from the National Capital Commission to Public Works and Government Services in 1976, with the understanding that the park would remain a green space.
3.) Commissioner's Park, which is a major tourist venue and a commemorative or memorial park.
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The 2014 Provincial Policy Statement, under The Planning Act-Page 28/56.
2.3. Agriculture
2.3.1. Prime agricultural areas shall be protected for long-term use for agriculture.
 According to a document the Civic Hospital needs land for the following projects:
a.)  services for the care of dependents.
b.)  dental, pharmacy and educational services,
c.)  use as accommodation, clinics, food and services facilities and retail,
d.)  uses pracised in community health hubs as may be directed by the Minister from time to time; including community centres, athletic facilities, and other non-governmental organizations providing public services,
e.)  diagnostic laboratory
f.)  educational and research institutions,
g.)  parking (which includes, without limitation, the performance of the NCC sublease and transit services,
h.)  such other uses and services or uses required by the Minister or the Province for the treatment of patients by a Hospital.
i.)  multi-use pathways connecting to the community,
j.) the performance of the Permitted Title.
(From: Ground lease agreement-Greenspace Alliance of Canada's Capital, 2018, page 8/70. A memo from Mr. Cameron Love, May 28, 2007; Google: Untitled-Greenspace Alliance of Canada's Capital.)
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I believe that the following buildings will be demolished when the Civic takes over the Farm:
The entire Dominion Observatory Campus.
The K.W. Neatby Building and CFIA Lab at 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa.
The greenhouses behind the CFIA Lab.
The William Saunders Building.

The Main Greenhouse Range or Motherwell Greenhouses.
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National Historic Sites located in Canada's Capital. The Ottawa Teacher's College at 195 Elgin Street was purchased by the government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1978. But the property was sold in 1986 to the Municipality and it is now part of Ottawa City Hall.

In 1998 Parks Canada designated the Farm a National Historic Site of Canada.